BSN-PhD Program

The B.S.N. to Ph.D. program is an alternative pathway to the Doctor of Philosophy with Major in Nursing available for highly qualified Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates. The program is streamlined, allowing students to proceed to doctoral-level courses in theory research and policy without taking the traditional M.S.-level courses in these areas.

Curriculum's for B.S.N-Ph.D. students can be tailored to develop your particular interest (i.e. - Holistic, Education, or Administration Focus). Please review the Post-Master's-Ph.D. curriculum that would be ensued upon reaching the doctoral level under the Ph.D. curriculum. Your Plan of study will be developed between you and your advisor upon admission.

Sample BSN to PhD Curriculum

Course Number

Course Title

Credit Hours

Year One - Fall Semester

NGR 6110

Advanced Nursing Practice Grounded in Caring

3

NGR 6141

Advanced Pathophysiology

3

NGR 6713

Curriculum Evolution & Models in Nursing Education

3

Year One - Spring Semester

NGR 6002 (O/L)

Advanced Nursing Situations: Health Assessment

2

NGR 6002L (O/L)

Advanced Nursing Situations in Practice: Health Assessment

1

NGR 6711

Evaluation in Nursing Education

3

NGR 6718

Creative Teaching-Learning Methods in Nursing Education

3

Year One - Summer Semester

NGR 6814

Quantitative Methods for Advancement of Health Sciences and Nursing Practice

3

NGR 7111

Evolution of Nursing as a Discipline and Practice

3

Year Two - Fall Semester

NGR 7115

Philosophies of Science Grounding Nursing

3

NGR 7116

Caring: An Essential Domain of Nursing Knowledge

3

NGR 7846

Essential Statistical Methods for Nursing Science

3

Year Two - Spring Semester

NGR 7932

Doctoral Seminar in Advanced Nursing I

1

NGR 7815

Qualitative Research Methods I

3

NGR 7121

Theory Development & Application in Nursing

3

NGR 7709

Crafting the Life of Scholarship

3

Year Two - Summer Semester

NGR 6172

Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

3

NGR7818

Advanced Nursing Research: Applied Quantitative Design & Methods

3

Year Three - Fall Semester

NGR 7934

Doctoral Seminar in Advanced Nursing II

1

NGR 7817

Qualitative Research Methods II

3

NGR 7822

Measurement in Practice Based Research

3

Doctoral Cognate

3

Year Three - Spring Semester

NGR 7936

Doctoral Seminar in Advanced Nursing III

1

NGR 7853

Innovations in Inquiry

3

NGR 7738

Public Policy in the Context of Nursing & Health

3

Doctoral Cognate

3

Year Three - Summer Semester

NGR 7978

Doctoral Synthesis

3

Year Four - Fall Semester

NGR 7979

Advanced Research

3

Year Four - Spring Semester

NGR 7980

Dissertation

6

Year Four - Summer Semester

NGR 7980

Dissertation

6

TOTAL CREDITS

87

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

The sample curriculum outlined above would lead to a Nurse Educator specialization/care focus.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) track is not available to BSN to PhD students.